The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-06


pear apparently prepared for a long
seige. The families of the tourists had
deposited their bags in their staterooms
or under convenient sofas, had washed
themselves and had returned to the
fray refreshed and determined. The
deck began to fill up, and the six
marines who held the line were implored
to allow Mrs. Cleveland to be passed in
review by few at time. Untortun-
ately for the Presidents wife, these ma
neuvres were so ably carried on that the
marines were withdrawn, and there was
fair field for the display of strategem.
womEN's RUDE IMPERTINENCE.
Would any one believe that no less
than five women actually went up TO
the stateroom door and pushed it open
with the intention of getting a look at
Mrs. Cleveland and then went eigglingly
and exultingly back to their friends
with the account of their exploit? Two
attacking parties were made up right in
my neighborhood and l was forced to
overhear both the preparations and the
results
81 showed the door and says: 'Ex-
cuse me, is this Mrs. Browns state
room?' and then backed out as quick
as possible, for had real good look at
her. She is as pretty as picture"
This came from a sharp-faced Yankee
woman who had resolved to do or die.
At the fifth attack the lattice door was
closed and locked. The next attacking
party discovered this and then it was
rumored that Mrs. Cleveland had gone
to dinner. 1t showed great strategic
skill upon General Greedy s part that he
actually got his wife and Mrs. Cleveland
down TO the dining room before the
hungry crowd on the upper deck had
discovered the move. There is an inside
door to the large staterooms on the
Pilgrim connected with the saloon and
the Greedy party had gone down with
out coming out on deck. The news
that there had been a flank movement
spreak like Wildfire and the rush for
that dining room was something to be
remembered. In Martin Chuzzlewit"
Dicken describes the effect of the din
ner bell upon the American boarder.
Dickens ought to have seen the Pilgrim S
passengers 60 to the diningroom in Mrs.
Cleveland's wake. They couldn't rush
because of the throng but they pushed
with all their might, and within five
minutes after the news had spread that
y.
were 500 people olamoring for admission
to the dInlngroOm.
Walters were stationed at the gang
way to see that people did not go down
faster than there was room for them.
aud they had hard time of it that
night. General Greedy and his party
were placed at the other end of the din
ingroom. The crowd by pushing hard
managed to push few of the leaders
into the door of the diningroOm so that
those leaders could see Mrs. Cleveland
in the distance and pass back a descrip-
ton of what was going on. Each stage
the dinner was thus described in de-
tail, and the information was passed
along for the detection of the 500 who
could see nothing. Mrs. Cleveland
must have eaten a very good dinner
that night, for when I thought that the
whole excitement must have died
away, and went down at so to get some
dinner. the tbrong was still there wait
ing Hundreds had distributed them
selves on the neighboring lounges, leaV-
ing instructions with the negro walters
to call them when Mrs. Cleveland ap
peared, and it is to the credit of the
walters that they did nothing OF the
kind, but allowed the distinguished
party W SOb up VIC gang "nJ IuO OSCobO
before the devoted 500 knew what had
happened.
One very fat man who was loud in his
denunciatons of the disgraCeful curl g.
ity of the American people and the
r1deness shown in following up Mrs.
Cleveland, but, who from his own &C
count, had been first in the fray, was in
cIined to howl because somebody had
trod on his corn. Nevertheless, he was
ready with the following excuse, which
he put forward on behalf of the people
who had never seen Mrs. Cleveland; He
said that it reminded him of q young
girl who once appeared IN western
court room and wanted to have a young
fellow arrested for kissing her. The
Judge said to her: Excuse me, miss,
out did you have that hat on when the
villain kissed vou?" Yes, sir" she
answered. THAT dress and that be
witching sash 2" Eyes, sir was again
the answer Then the judge pro-
nounced sentence: Acquitted upon
ground of en- otionaI insanity